Recent Return to Cyclicals
Brings Interest in Dividends

The dividend: Like the buggy whip and the wagon wheel, it's a relic of a long-gone era, a tool for a journey no longer taken.

Or is it?

For a generation of investors, dividends were a prime focus of attention. But for the past few years investors have paid them scant attention as stock-price gains far outweighed tiny dividend yields, which...